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Basel researchers win national award for open research data

A group of nine people standing on a stage, posing for a photo. One person is holding a certificate, and another is holding a bouquet of flowers. A logo and text are displayed on the screen in the background.
From left: Yves Flückiger (President a+), Dr. Emma Hodcroft (Swiss TPH), Dr. Chaoran Chen (ETH), Prof. Dr. Tanja Stadler (ETH), Prof. Dr. Richard Neher (University of Basel), Alexander Taepper (ETH), Dr. Andrea Martani (ORD Jury Member), Dr. Marianne Bonvin (Managing Director a+).

Pathoplexus is a groundbreaking genome sequencing database for viruses of public health relevance. It was one of four projects awarded the National ORD Prize 2024.

29 November 2024

A group of nine people standing on a stage, posing for a photo. One person is holding a certificate, and another is holding a bouquet of flowers. A logo and text are displayed on the screen in the background.
From left: Yves Flückiger (President a+), Dr. Emma Hodcroft (Swiss TPH), Dr. Chaoran Chen (ETH), Prof. Dr. Tanja Stadler (ETH), Prof. Dr. Richard Neher (University of Basel), Alexander Taepper (ETH), Dr. Andrea Martani (ORD Jury Member), Dr. Marianne Bonvin (Managing Director a+).

Unlike existing databases, Pathoplexus ensures open access and provides a cutting-edge infrastructure for interactive and programmable data exploration and download. Supported by the open-source software Loculus, the platform allows users to create their own database.

The project is driven by a consortium of members from 10 countries across five continents, with contributors including researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel (Prof. Dr. Emma Hodcroft), ETH Zurich (Dr. Chaoran Chen, Prof. Dr. Tanja Stadler), and the University of Basel (Prof. Dr. Richard Neher, Cornelius Roemer).

National ORD Prize

Since 2023, the National ORD Prize has recognised Swiss researchers at all career levels for innovative practices in open research data. This year’s call targeted projects that emphasize collaborative and/or interdisciplinary reuse of research data and/or implement educational or outreach activities related to research data reuse.

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